The last couple of days...........

i've kept Australia Post in business!  i've had 2 parcels from Louise from Nip Naps (amazing lady, BTW), both things i've won (a swim nappy and a Mother-Ease starter pack-4 nappies, 2 boosters and a cover), a schmoopie i won off TV1 on facebook, Inika makeup i won from Bride Magazine on facebook (from their freebie fridays), and Enjoy Lighting eco candle for being one of their first 1000 likers (again on facebook, this smells amazing though), a Vibe Village tetley tea pack (they're bringing out a new tea for soy milk, and it actually tastes really good.  there was so much tea in this pack, though), a Nestle cerelac sample and spoon, a Maxibon manchew (for training your jaws, the kids think it's great), Hubby's birthday present (which i can't show here yet :)), and a new Kidspot trial (more to come in coming days). 

Jackson's Monsters trial

another exciting trial from kidspot.  jackson's monsters is a new kids T shirt brand, with designs that are unique with transfers that are fade proof. 
http://www.jacksonsmonsters.com.au/
anyway, little miss has been wearing her shirt out and about today, and i must say i love it.  the design is seriously cute, and so is the T.

and, while out, we stumbled across an angus and robertson that was closing down.  every hardback in store was $2 and every paperback was $1.  pick up a copy of the short life of bree tanner (hardback, no price on it), and anne mccaffery (was $24.99), a cook book (was $27.99) and a mummy diet book (was $34.99) for the grand total of $5.  just what this house needed, more books :)

Little miss in her new shirt.  it states 'girls like monsters too'

My A&R bargains

Tomica toy trial

We have been lucky enough to be chosen as part of the Kidspot Tomica toy trial.  a huge box arrived this morning, with 4 wrapped 'presents' inside.  the kids thought it was christmas!  so far so good, everything is set up, and we (read, mummy) was very excited to find that the track is the same as the road Tomy Motor road and rail thomas sets (what was taken over by Trackmaster).  we have 3 50L starmaid boxes full of blue track, plus plenty of road (the road in the new sets is card board, so not as durable as the old plastic track, something i'll have to point out in my review).  otherwise, though, the sets are gorgeous.  we have a train (a very modern train, so different to all the thomas)and a train station, a mechanic shop, a pizza shop, 2 vehicles (one car and one scooter), and 3 people (a stationmaster, a pizza delivery guy and a mechanic), and an extra 4 pack of straight track.  i can't wait to have the time and the room to put this modern city into our thomas tracks.

The box, i had no idea what it was



the sets still in their boxes



everything all set up

our original collection of track